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The subprime mortgage crisis is affecting people across the country, in all walks of life. This week, we have several stories of people at risk of losing their homes because they can't keep up with rising mortgage rates.

David Axelrod, chief media strategist for the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, is one of Obama's closest advisers. He knew the Illinois senator well before he entered into politics. Axelrod tells Michele Norris that Obama is a happy warrior on the campaign trail.

Many Iowans are set to gather in schools, cafes, or living rooms to make their choices for president. Democrats face a three-way race for the lead. But beyond Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards, the other candidates are looking for attention.

Blogs can rocket ordinary people into sudden notoriety and fame as some book and talent agents trawl blogland to find the next big thing. Dawn Meehan, a stay-at-home mom, started blogging about the everyday rigors of family life and got thousands of readers and a book deal.

The newly-released Mitchell report shows widespread abuse of performance-enhancing drugs by baseball players. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis says the report is a fascinating summary of what we already knew about baseball — with just a few headline-grabbing bits of new information.

Pierre Bayard, professor of French literature at the University of Paris, is the author of How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read. Steve Inskeep hasn't read Bayard's book, but he gets some tips on how to talk about it.

The assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister, sets off protests across the country and throws into turmoil the country's upcoming parliamentary elections Jan. 8. She was killed in Rawalpindi, Pakistan after leaving a campaign rally.

With all the negative news about children's cough syrup, some parents are wondering how to treat their sick kids. It turns out that honey may be just the thing. New research suggests this old remedy is good for coughs.

Journalist Victoria Schofield, who has known Bilawal Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's son, since he was born, sheds some light on the new leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party. He is an intelligent young man at 19, she says.

For the 18 years Alan Greenspan conducted U.S. monetary policy at the Federal Reserve Board, investors, economists and the media hung on to his every word. Now that we know central bankers' aren't all-powerful, have we been mistaken to pay so much attention to him? Greenspan says: yes.